How to Install Prologic Pastebin on Arch Linux

Prologic Pastebin is a simple, lightweight, and open-source pastebin service that you can run on your own server. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the steps of installing Prologic Pastebin on Arch Linux.

Prerequisites

Before you start, you must have a few things:

  • A machine running Arch Linux
  • A non-root user with sudo privileges

Step 1: Update your system

Firstly, update your system to ensure that all installed packages are up to date.

sudo pacman -Syu

Step 2: Install Git

Prologic Pastebin is hosted on Git. Therefore, to download its source code, you need Git installed on your system. To install Git, run the following command:

sudo pacman -S git

Step 3: Clone the Prologic Pastebin repository

Now that Git is installed, clone the Prologic Pastebin repository to your system using the following command:

git clone https://git.mills.io/prologic/pastebin.git

Step 4: Install Go

Prologic Pastebin is developed using Go. Make sure that you have the latest version of Go installed on your system. To install Go, run the following command:

sudo pacman -S go

Step 5: Build the Prologic Pastebin binary

Navigate to the directory where the Prologic Pastebin source code was cloned into and run the following command to build the binary:

cd pastebin
make

Step 6: Update the configuration file

The configuration file of Prologic Pastebin is located in the conf directory. You can modify it to suit your needs using your preferred text editor. For instance, to run the service on port 8080, edit the file as follows:

vim conf/pastebin.ini

[server]
port=8080

Step 7: Run Prologic Pastebin

After updating the configuration file, it's time to start the Prologic Pastebin service. Execute the binary using the following command:

./pastebin

The service should be up and running on your server.

Conclusion

This is how you install Prologic Pastebin on Arch Linux. With this service, you can securely share code snippets, notes, or any other text. You can also install SSL certificates and configure authentication to secure the service even further.